Combination chemotherapy of metastatic breast cancer with vincristine adriamycin and prednisolone

Cancer. 1978 Feb;41(2):396-9. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197802)41:2<396::aid-cncr2820410203>3.0.co;2-t.

Abstract

Fifty patients with metastatic breast cancer were treated with a combination of vincristine, Adriamycin and prednisolone (VAP) at four weekly intervals. Response rates of 78% for soft tissue disease, 66% for parenchymal lung disease, 67% for liver disease, and 64% for pleural effusions were seen. Only 26% of patients with bone metastases showed an objective response. These figures are as good as any previously reported for chemotherapy of breast cancer.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bone Marrow / drug effects
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Doxorubicin / adverse effects
  • Doxorubicin / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / drug therapy
  • Prednisolone / adverse effects
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use*
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Vincristine / adverse effects
  • Vincristine / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Vincristine
  • Doxorubicin
  • Prednisolone